Cloud-Based Construction Management

Work Anywhere: Connect to the project information you need anywhere, anytime.

Sage Construction Anywhere makes it possible for your project teams to access and share accurate and timely project information where ever they work. Through secure mobile access and seamless integration with Sage 100 Contractor and Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate, communications between your office and field is streamlined, and collaboration is strengthened so that projects keep moving forward.

Web-based Features

No more shuffling paper timesheets between the jobsite and the office. Using a mobile device, time can be collected and approved for one or multiple employees, giving quicker visibility into project labor costs and streamlining the field-to-office payroll process.

Submit employee time worked quickly via an iPhone or Android smartphone. Log the number and type of hours worked, linking the time to a job cost code.

Supervisors or project managers can review, adjust, and approve employee time whenever and wherever it makes sense—whether via an iPad on the job site or using a PC in the office— thus shortening review time and ensuring reporting accuracy.

Gain quicker visibility to labor issues in the field so you can make adjustments sooner and preserve your profit margin. See all reported time and easily filter by specific cost codes to watch for areas sensitive to potential labor overages on the job.

With Project Files, team members can instantly share the latest and most accurate project information on a secured centralized hub - documents, drawings and photos - so that decisions are solid and projects move forward. Each team member, employees or subcontractors, see only those documents they need for their job.

Easily upload and access construction project photos, files, and more from the field using an easy to-use mobile application (app) on an iPhone or Android device.

Confidently extend access to everyone involved on a project while ensuring each team member is provided access to only those documents and folders designated important to their specific role.

Track and organize the revisions of each important file for each project. No more digging through email, shuffling through paper, or needing to contact others to locate the drawing you need when you need it.

Project team members retain a comprehensive and searchable audit log for extensive file history visibility when needed. You’ll have the history to support any team communications or conflicts, or to respond to legal discovery.

Ensure everyone is aware of changes or issues through notifications that can be seen through a project home page or email.

Secure access to Sage 100 Contractor or Sage 300 Construction or Real Estate reports provides you with the most current project information from anywhere, anytime. When you are at a jobsite, at home, or at a meeting, you can immediately pull up the details you need to make informed decisions or answer a critical question.

View project reports on a mobile device or on any PC. Whether you’re at the job site, sitting in an owner meeting, or at home, you’ve got instant access to the details you need to move forward.

Be confident that only those with permissions see the reports they are authorized to access and that your data is secured through an industry-leading cloud services platform, Microsoft® Windows Azure™.

Sage Business Care

There's no better way to protect and extend your software investment than with a Sage Business Care support plan, which is included as part of your monthly subscription for Sage Construction Anywhere. In addition to ensuring Sage Construction Anywhere works optimally, the Sage Business Care team is committed to helping you maximize your investment, by learning how to take advantage of your system's full potential. That means being able to enjoy the automation of processes that help save time, and reduce costly errors—while also getting the quickest return on your software investment.

Pinnacle uses Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate

Dean Crowder updates projects anywhere using their tablet

Hayles and Howe improves efficiencies with Sage Construction Anywhere

Mobile technology can give you new and immediate visibility into key business
information so you can keep the business moving forward–without having
to go to or involve the main office. Contractors will be surprised at how much
time can be saved, how many project costs can be minimized, and how much easier
it can be to connect everyone on a project.

Cloud Computing

Cloud computing
makes software and other technologies available over the Internet;
mobility is a means to access it. You can use a growing list of construction-specific
mobile apps to execute many field tasks.

Hybrid Cloud Solution

A hybrid cloud solution
interacts with existing on-premises software.
With a hybrid approach, you can leverage your on-premises software and
company information and extend or move only those areas to the cloud that will
benefit from cloud technology–such as field operations.

On-premises

On-premises vs. cloud
Having the software reside right at the office can be more fitting
depending on how it is used. However, cloud adoption is much easier
and quicker to implement. Sometimes it can take weeks to implement an
on-premises solution. Cloud subscription-based solutions also frees up
company capital expenditures.

Mobility

Mobility
is the means to access and update information in the cloud.
Construction-specific mobile apps can include managing projects,
sharing files, submitting time or reports, tracking information,
assets and tasks, and more.

Mobile technology can give you new and immediate visibility into key business
information so you can keep the business moving forward–without having to go
to or involve the main office. Contractors will be surprised at how much time
can be saved, how many project costs can be minimized, and how much easier it
can be to connect everyone on a project.

Real business mobility

70%

of construction professionals view mobile technology as important*

The cloud makes it so much easier to access and share project
information. It no longer matters where you are or what time of day it is. You’ve got
instant access to the details you need to know. Those in the field can access the latest
project information–like site drawings–while directly onsite, increasing their
abilities to complete task quickly and correctly the first time.

The cloud is speeding up productivity, increasing profitability. Field teams can more easily
and quickly provide site information to office staff–like daily field reports or employee
time worked on site–to speed up job costing and provide better visibility into potential
site issues or rising costs sooner. Quicker adjustments increase the odds of the project
staying on-schedule and on-budget.

*2013 Sage Construction IT survey

Any size business can use the cloud

73%

of construction companies surveyed supply mobile devices to their employees*

Any size of business can use the cloud. Because cloud technologies are readily available
and operational, it makes it possible for an even small contractor to have access to the same
technology tools as a larger contractor. Those using the cloud are quickly realizing strong,
tangible results. Construction businesses of all sizes are leveraging the cloud to complete
jobs on-time and on-budget.

*2013 Sage Construction IT survey

Kelly Bott, IT Construction professional for over 20 years states:
"The cloud allows a one-to-ten person construction company to have the same impact and surface area
as a 100-person construction company . . . I'm more excited today because the possibilities are
exploding with what we can do with technology, connectivity and applications."

93%

of construction professionals use some sort of mobile device on their construction sites*

Mobile technology changes how quickly you can access or update the most recent project information–without
involving the office. Contractors will be surprised at how much time can be saved, how many
project costs can be minimized, and how much easier it can be to connect everyone on a project.

*2012 McGraw-Hill survey

Extended team access

Team members can easily reach the current information they need to do their jobs.

Everything starts with the right foundation of information.
Before you extend capabilities to the cloud, make sure that the
solution you use at the office is still a good fit for the business.

Field-to-office connectivity

Identify the most critical field-to-office interactions today.

How would your business benefit if your teams could easily provide site information
to the office? And vice versa?
It’s ultimately about what really will help your business. If a mobile app offers
a simpler and easy way to perform a task, it will impact your business versus being just one more thing that won’t get used.

Access and controls

Know what you want team members to see–and not see.

Will the solution give you the control you need to keep sensitive information protected?
Administration should be simple and easy to manage, right?

Your entire team benefits if they have access to the project information they need to
speed the decision-making process and increase confidence in the decisions that are being made.

Mobile management

Assume mobile devices are being used whether you approve or not.

The need to focus on how employees are already using their phones is critical.
For example, if your employee’s phone is lost or stolen, you don’t want to worry
about your data being at risk.

Any cloud technology partner you choose should help you mitigate risks and give you
the security control you need.

Security and compliance

Get specific answers from your cloud provider.

How will the integration to your current software be handled?

How will you maintain overall confidentiality?

How do you determine that the solution is secure?

Does the solution work well with your business compliance requirements?

Integration

Knowing what business processes need to connect together is critical to cloud applications.

Identifying your most important business issues–issues that slow you down or impact
competitiveness or profits–will help you plan whether to migrate to the cloud, implement
a hybrid mix of a cloud and on-premises solution, or revamp existing business software.

“Sage Construction Anywhere made my job tremendously easier,” said Billy Tate,
a foreman at Dean Crowder Construction. “When I’m on a piece of equipment, I
can look down at my iPad and see every aspect of the job in my hand without
having to go to the office and dig through stacks of prints. That’s invaluable.”

Sage Construction Anywhere connects people, documents, and data securely in
one virtual project hub to improve collaboration and extend project visibility
throughout the entire project team. It
delivers immediate productivity and operational efficiency through tight integration
with your Sage financial and operations software. With minimal IT burden, Sage
Construction Anywhere can provide a new competitive advantage for customers to get
more out of their solutions.

Sage Construction Anywhere:

Gives access to the most current project information available to
make well-informed decisions.

Provides an entire project team the ability to share and access the latest project documents,
drawings, and photos online, from anywhere.

Uses mobile devices to collect and review employee time worked on a project and share
approved time to speed up job costing and payroll processes.

The core reason for using the cloud is not so that you can use some of the latest technology,
but because you can trust that it will be a positive change for the business.
Choose a provider who:

Understands your unique construction business needs.

Is the best fit for your business.

Fully protects your data.

Gives you the control you need on who can access and update information.

Provides software that handles legal and compliance matters.

Will be there for your business as it grows and changes.

Sage is committed to security excellence. This excellence is demonstrated by its ongoing
contract with a third-party expert to assess the security of Sage Construction Anywhere.
In the most recent third-party audit, this security consulting firm found no vulnerabilities
across the entire Sage Construction Anywhere site.
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Sage selected Windows Azure as its cloud platform for the ease of integration with existing IT
environments and on-premises applications.

With the Windows Azure cloud platform and its global network of Microsoft-managed datacenters,
you have the control and peace of mind that your company data is protected and well managed.

By partnering with Microsoft and leveraging the Windows Azure platform, Sage Construction
Anywhere can offer your business the project data access it needs to make informed decisions
quickly, at any time, from anywhere.

For more than 40 years, Sage has helped construction and real estate companies
transition to and leverage the latest technology.

Every year 40,000 Sage customers rely on Sage construction and real estate
solutions to manage more than 400,000 jobs and 5.7 million subcontracts.

Now Sage can help companies leverage the benefits of the cloud to mobilize
project information, simplify field-to-office communication, and further
streamline key operational processes dependent on field information like job costing and payroll.

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